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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter in Support of Young Undocumented Immigrants
On November 17, 2022, ARL joined 64 higher education organizations in urging Congress to pass legislation to provide permanent protection for young, undocumented people who were brought to the US...
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Coalition for International Education Letter in Support of US Department of Education International and Foreign Language Education Programs
On May 25, 2022 ARL joined higher education associations in endorsing bipartisan letters from members of Congress recommending $161.1 million in funding for International Education and Foreign Language Studies, including...
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Canadian and US Academic Libraries Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by Working Together to Facilitate Access for the Print Disabled
French version of release / Version française du communiqué The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled was...
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American Council on Education Statement in Support of Open Academic Inquiry
On March 3, 2022, ARL joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and more than 90 of its members in a statement supporting free and open academic inquiry and debate...
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Day of Action to Urge White House to Create Truth and Reparations Commissions via Executive Action
On February 28—the last day of Black History Month 2022—supporters of H. Con. Res. 19 (to establish a US Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission) and H.R. 40 (to establish...
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Demand Progress Letter in Support of Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Legislation
On November 5, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Senate leadership to consider the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA), which would strengthen congressional oversight...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Visa Flexibility for Afghan Students and Scholars
On November 1, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to grant flexibility in the F-1 and J-1...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Higher Education Priorities in Budget Reconciliation Bill
On October 27, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) with a broad coalition of education and social groups encouraging Congress to invest in...
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Section 230
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects online platforms and their users from liability for the speech of a third party. Congress has introduced about 20 proposals to repeal...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Flexibility Needed for International Students and Scholars under New Travel Policy
On October 14, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by American Council on Education (ACE) asking the Biden Harris administration to continue to grant flexibility as US travel policies change,...